Model Court is an ongoing collaboration between London-based artists and researchers Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Oliver Rees and architect Lorenzo Pezzani, that explores the shifting infrastructures of international justice. The presentation comprises the film RESOLUTION 978 HD commissioned by Gasworks, London and a live teleconferencing event focusing on the recently concluded trial of François Bazaramba.More about the film and the presentation at Stroom: >> click here

The live teleconferencing event at
Stroom Den Haag will include legal experts, technicians, journalists and others
in various countries. The discussion will focus on the concept of
universal jurisdiction, often presented as a 'juridical utopia'. What
does it mean to be represented in pixels during a trial? Is there a
mininum level of resolution for adequate representation? And how does
the 5-second delay in audio influence the capacity to speak, and to be
heard?

Partipants in the teleconferencing debate are:

From abroad:- Mr. John Bosco Siboyintore, National Prosecutor and Head of Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit Rwanda, from Kigali, Rwanda - Thomas Elfgren, Chief Inspector of the investigation of François Bazaramba, from Finland- Tara O'Leary,
Universal Jurisdiction Project Coordinator Redress (Redress helps
torture survivors to obtain justice and reparation), from London- Murtaza Jaffer, Special Assistant to the Prosecutor International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, from Arusha, Tanzania- Mr. Zoran Pajic, Chair Institute for War & Peace Reporting, from London

John Bosco SiboyintoreJohn Bosco Siboyintore is the National Prosecutor and Head of Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit Rwanda. He has prosecuted many genocide cases in Rwanda and has worked with foreign Prosecution Organs of the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, USA, France, Belgium, New Zealand, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and others.www.gov.rw (Q&A with John Bosco Siboyintore)

Thomas ElfgrenThomas Elfgren is the Detective Chief Superintendent at the National Bureau of Investigation in the Serious Crime Division in Finland. He was the Chief investigator of the Bazaramba case and was requested by the Ministry of Justice to support the courts with the logistics required in Africa. He spent approximately three years in Rwanda as the officer in charge of the investigation and his responsibilities included representing the Finnish courts in all the co-operation with the Rwandan judicial authorities, setting up the courtrooms, the video-link connection, and the logistics concerning witnesses. He has also worked with the United Nations War Crimes and was awarded a Special Medal by the United Nations Secretary General on 10 January 2003.

Tara O'LearyTara O'Leary is the Universal Jurisdiction
Project Coordinator of Redress. She coordinates Redress's work on
universal jurisdiction, which includes a two-year project focused on
improving access to justice and the rights, support, participation and
protection of victims of international crimes within the European Union.
Prior to joining Redress, she was Assistant Legal Adviser to the
Campaign for International Justice at Amnesty International, where she
contributed to Amnesty's No Safe Haven project on universal
jurisdiction, among other initiatives. She has previously worked as a
legal adviser and researcher with the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
on issues including national-level war crimes prosecutions, sexual and
gender-based violence, and a range of initiatives related to the rule of
law and economic and social rights. She has also worked with the UN
Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, and Front
Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights
Defenders. She holds an LLM in Public International Law from the London
School of Economics, and an LLB in Law and European Studies from the
University of Limerick.www.redress.org

Murtaza JafferMurtaza
Jaffer is the Special Assistant to the Prosecutor of International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Previously he worked with the
Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, MICT) and prior to that
was the Policy Coordinator for the Office of the Prosecutor at the
ICTR. He was also a judge of the Industrial Court Bench of the High
Court and was the first CEO of the National Council of NGOs of Kenya.
Murtaza has extensive experience in human rights work and in the
development of the institutional capacity of the non-profit sector in
several countries in Africa such as Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and
Eritrea.

Zoran PajicZoran Pajic is a Professor of international
law, formerly at Sarajevo University and recently head of the Legal
Reform Unit in the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and
Herzegovina under Lord Ashdown. Currently a visiting professor in the
department of war studies at King's College, London, and a member of
IWPR's board of trustees (Institute for War and Peace Reporting).http://iwpr.net

Stephanie BarbourStephanie A. Barbour is a human rights
lawyer at Amnesty International, where she promotes access to justice,
truth and reparation for victims in domestic and hybrid justice
mechanisms around the world and before the International Criminal Court.
Prior to taking up the post of Head of Office of the AI Centre for
International Justice in The Hague in July 2013, she worked as the
Coordinator of the Campaign for International Justice from (2011-2012).
Barbour has served as a legal adviser for TRIAL in Nepal (2013) and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission to Bosnia
and Herzegovina in Sarajevo (2008-2011). She has worked on a host of
transitional justice issues in post-conflict countries, including war
crimes prosecutions, rule of law reform, amnesties, justice outreach,
witness protection and support and justice system capacity building.
Following her graduation from NYU School of Law in 2007, where was a
Transitional Justice Scholar and received the International Human Rights
Prize, she worked in Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda, supported by a fellowship from the Center for Human
Rights & Global Justice. Barbour's legal studies at NYU Law and
Trinity College Dublin focused on public international law,
international human rights law, international criminal law and
transitional justice. She lectures, publishes, and consults on a range
of international criminal law and human rights topics.

Dr. Jin Ho VerdonschotDr.
Jin Ho Verdonschot works as Justice Technology Designer at HiiL
Innovating Justice. He helps courts and other justice sector
organisations to update and innovate their procedures and justice
processes. Jin Ho initiated, designed and implemented justice
applications in The Netherlands, Canada, Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Egypt,
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, The Philippines, and Indonesia. Recently, he
initiated a project where three multidisciplinary teams of creative
professionals designed the courts of the future. This was part of a
broader study that resulted in a trend report on the future of courts.
For additional information: www.hiil.org/publication/trend-report-trialogue MODEL COURT GROUP

Lawrence Abu HamdanIn 2012
London based artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan had two solo shows featuring new
commissioned work The Freedom Of Speech Itself at The Showroom, London
and The Whole Truth at CASCO, Utrecht. His ongoing project Aural
Contract has been recently exhibited at Arnolfini, Bristol (2013) and
The Taipei Biennial (2012). Other works include Marches for Artangel
London (2008) and his collaboration as part of the group Model Court
presented at Gasworks, London (2013). His hybridized practice means that
he has written for Cabinet Magazine and the 10th Sharjah Biennial and
is part of the group running the arts space Batroun Projects in north
Lebanon. Abu Hamdan is a part of the research team Forensic Architecture
at Goldsmiths College where he is also a Phd candidate and lecturer.

Oliver Rees Oliver
Rees is an artist based in London. His work engages with different
theatrical material, historical and conceptual processes that he relates
to the practice of drawing. Recent solo shows and as part of the group
Model Court include Gasworks, London (2013) Theaterhaus Jena, Jena
(2012) The Hole, London; Bonheur Theatre Rotterdam; Chisenhale Gallery,
London (all 2011). ). He is also currently completing a practice based
PhD work at Middlesex University titled Drawing as Tragedy: The
Comparative Architecture of Joseph Gandy.

Lorenzo PezzaniLorenzo
Pezzani is an architect and researcher based in London. His work deals
with the spatial politics and visual cultures of migration, human rights
and media. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research
Architecture (Goldsmiths) and a teaching fellow in the MArch Urban
Studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL). His practice-based
research projects, moving across diverse disciplines and media, have
been presented in exhibitions and talks at, among others, the 4th
International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam; Tate Modern,
Chisenhale Gallery and Gasworks in London; Henie Onstad Art Centre in
Oslo; and HEAD in Geneva.

Sidsel Meineche Hansen Sidsel
Meineche Hansen is a London based artist who examines the production of
nervousness across disciplines as a form of institutional critique. Her
practice involves an ongoing series of seminars, her work has recently
been presented at: The Nordic Model, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmø (2013);
Greens, Modern Institute, Glasgow (2013); And Yet There They Still Are,
with Cally Spooner, LUX, London (2012). Exhibitions of her collaborative
work as part of the group Model Court include: Gasworks, London (2013);
CCA, Glasgow (2009). Hansen is part of Mayday Rooms, London and she
will be a guest professor at the Funen Art Academy, Odense this autumn.